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Mateo Acosta

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Mateo Acosta
Personal information
Full name Mateo Agustín Acosta
Date of birth (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Argentina
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Guillermo Brown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Tiro Federal 24 (13)
2014 Libertad 10 (5)
2015 Juventud Unida 23 (0)
2016 Guillermo Brown 14 (3)
2016 Alianza Petrolera 10 (0)
2017 Almagro 12 (1)
2017– Guillermo Brown 27 (5)
2018–2019Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:01, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Mateo Agustín Acosta (born 22 September 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Guillermo Brown.[1]

Career

Acosta's career got underway with a 2013–14 spell with Tiro Federal in Torneo Argentino B, where the forward netted thirteen goals in twenty-four matches.[2] Libertad of Torneo Federal A signed him in June 2014, prior to Acosta completing a move to professional football with Juventud Unida on 3 January 2015.[1] His first appearance came against Douglas Haig, with his second match ending with an eighty-ninth minute red card versus Estudiantes.[1] Acosta switched to Guillermo Brown for the 2016 Primera B Nacional, a competition in which he scored in fixtures with Boca Unidos, Los Andes and Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) as they finished in eighth place.[1]

On 7 July 2016, Acosta was signed by Colombia's Alianza Petrolera.[1] He made ten appearances for the Categoría Primera A club, five of which were starts with his final game being an away victory versus Rionegro Águilas on 29 October.[1] In the succeeding February, having terminated his contract in December 2016, Acosta returned to Argentina with Almagro in Primera B Nacional.[3][4] One goal in thirteen fixtures followed.[1] Guillermo Brown resigned Acosta in August 2017.[1] He bettered his previous season with the club, netting five times across twenty-four matches in 2017–18.[1] July 2018 saw Acosta join Gimnasia y Esgrima.[5]

Career statistics

As of 18 January 2019.[1][2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tiro Federal 2013–14 Torneo Argentino B 24 13 0 0 0 0 24 13
Libertad 2014 Torneo Federal A 10 5 0 0 2[a] 0 12 5
Juventud Unida 2015 Primera B Nacional 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Guillermo Brown 2016 14 3 0 0 0 0 14 3
Alianza Petrolera 2016 Categoría Primera A 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Almagro 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 12 1 1 0 0 0 13 1
Guillermo Brown 2017–18 23 5 1 0 0 0 24 5
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2018–19 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 123 27 2 0 2 0 127 27
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Argentina - M. Acosta". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ficha Estadistica de MATEO ACOSTA". BDFA. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Las altas y las bajas de Alianza Petrolera para la temporada 2017". Vanguardia. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Mateo Acosta encuentra equipo: jugará en Almagro". BeSoccer. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ "No es una presión, sino una motivación". Solo Ascenso. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.